Scottish Barrister Investigates Student Murder at a Florida College

Rex Graves works to uncover the culprit of the crime stateside in C.S. Challinor’s third mystery

ST. PAUL, MINN.---Scottish Barrister Rex Graves is out of his element when he visits his son, Campbell, at a Florida college in C.S. Challinor’s Phi Beta Murder (March, Midnight Ink).   

During the first day of the visit, a student is found hanging from a rope in his locked dorm room. Although the police dismiss Dixon Clark’s death as a suicide, Dixon’s parents think otherwise and enlist the help of Rex to try to uncover the mystery surrounding the tragedy. Between bonding with Campbell and coping with an unhinged ex-girlfriend who follows him across the Atlantic, Rex conducts his own investigation, uncovering an unpleasant side of college life.

Though born in the States (Bloomington, Ind.) and now residing permanently in Florida, C. S. Challinor was educated in Scotland and England, and holds a joint honors degree in Latin and French from the University of Canterbury, Kent, as well as a diploma in Russian from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow. She is an active supporter of Soldiers' Angels, an organization that helps rehabilitate US veterans wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq. She travels extensively and enjoys discovering new territory for her novels. For more information, visit www.RexGraves.com.

Praise for the Rex Graves Mystery series:

"[A] winner…At times, it seems we are playing Clue or perhaps enjoying a contemporary retelling of a classic Agatha Christie tale with a charming new sleuth. A must for cozy fans." —Booklist, starred review

"Murder in the Raw is a clever variant on the locked room mystery. With a host of colorful characters, a dose of humor and a balmy locale, you will want to devour this well-plotted mystery." —Mystery Scene

Phi Beta Murder: A Rex Graves Mystery (Book 3) by C.S. Challinor US $14.95 CAN $16.95 | Paperback Original | ISBN: 978-0-7387-1890-3 Pub Date: March 2010 | Midnight Ink Previous titles in the series: Christmas is Murder (978-0-7387-1359-5), Murder in the Raw (978-0-! 7387-1439-4)

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